Recorded and produced with Gareth Liddiard and Robert F. Cranny at Liddiard's rural studio in Havilah, Victoria, The Cat is easily the most assured work of Salter's career. Whilst occasionally (and understandably) reminiscent of his other incarnations (Giants Of Science, The Gin Club, The Wilson Pickers, The Young Liberals, The Hi Waves, Fatal 4, Megafauna), The Cat is its own beast entirely, an intoxicating blend of avant-garde pop, rock and folk that is at once conventional and defiantly odd. Salter had no shortage of friends to call on for help when it finally came time to put The Cat together. Gin Club alumni Gus Agars and Ola Karlsson played drums and bass respectively, while the quest for weirdness led to him employing legendary Melbourne jazz saxophonist Julien Wilson, multi-instrumentalist Peter Novotnik, and Australian rock'n'roll luminaries Joel Silbersher, Tom Lyncolgn and Steve Hesketh. The Cat covers an extraordinary amount of musical terrain over the course of its ten songs, the layers of sounds and textures giving the songs a depth that far transcends the already considerable beauty of the compositions themselves.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Cat
2. The Coward
3. Opportunities
4. The Mailbox Song
5. German Tourist
6. West End Girls
7. Know Your Strength
8. I am Not Ashamed
9. Things Fall Apart
10. So Tired Tonight
11. Once In A Lifetime
12. Last Night I Dreamt I Was Chasing You